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Looking to buy a smart plug? We’ve rounded up the best smart plug for you right here. Scroll down, see which ones fit your needs, and enjoy making your traditional tech that little bit smarter. Want to turn your lamp on and off without fumbling for the cord? Or do you want to up the ante with energy monitoring or Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant voice support? Whatever your motivation, you’ll find what you need below. Smart plugs are ideal for bringing smarts to lamps and other non-smart lighting. They’re also great for controlling when things like music systems or…
This Valentine’s Day, do yourself a favour: don’t watch Notting Hill for the 15th time. Sleepless in Seattle? So soporific! Maid in Manhattan? Made me drowsy, more like. Anything starring Matthew McConaughey in the early noughties? Not very naughty at all. If you and your significant other are looking for some timely movie entertainment that isn’t predictable, unadventurous or twee, read on – because we’ve scoured the streaming services for films that look at love, lust, romance and relationships in refreshingly different ways. Scott Pilgrim vs The World Still recovering from a rough breakup, unemployed Toronto slacker and part-time bass player…
Roses are red, violets are blue…if you need gift ideas, we’ve got a few. If you hadn’t realised, it’s almost Valentine’s Day 2025. Sure, you shouldn’t need an annual calendar reminder to nudge you into an arbitrary display of affection. But it never hurts to treat your sweetheart. Whether you’re shopping for an old flame or a new fling, you’ll find a fitting gift in the list below. From massage guns to flowers, each item has been picked for its romantic potential. And because it’ll still be useful once the throes of February passion have passed. 1. Hotel Chocolat With…
For a while now, we’ve known that streaming was becoming the dominant way people watch TV; in 2025, streaming accounted for almost 45% of streaming, more than broadcast and cable viewership combined, according to Nielsen. And among streaming platforms, the most popular isn’t Netflix or HBO Max: it’s YouTube, the everything-streaming platform that’s been around for over 20 years now. And despite the existence of other video platforms, it looks like YouTube’s dominance is only going to keep growing, especially if their newest strategy bears fruit. YouTube teams up with BBC Today: Doctor Who. Tomorrow: the world. Credit: BBC In January,…
For All Mankind is a sci-fi show on Apple TV+ about an alternate reality where the Soviet Union, not the United States, put the first man on the woman (and the first woman, at least in the series). It not the highest profile sci-fi show on TV — that honor likely goes to Severance or Pluribus, also on Apple TV+ — but it is one of the best, and definitely the most underrated. But now that it’s coming back for its fifth season, my hope is that it’s been good enough for long enough that more people take notice. Before…
Back in 2016, you might have tried watching The Martian, Moonlight, La La Land, The Handmaid’s Tale, Veep, or Big Little Lies as they were some of the biggest movies and TV series around that time. You probably were going to the theater to watch the movies or waiting for them to hit one of the streaming services (usually to rent because the windows for movies being in theaters were longer back then). You may have had cable to watch Veep and Big Little Lies, but The Handmaid’s Tale could only be watched on Hulu. Regardless, you were aware of…
Your soundbar should always sound better than a flat-panel TV’s built-in speakers, but I’m willing to bet it’s not working at its peak potential. If your audio still feels flat, compressed, or underwhelming, instead of bigger, clearer, and more cinematic, the issue might not be your speaker at all, but the cable that connects it. Plenty of people I know still rely on optical (TOSLINK) audio cables for their soundbars. This is perfectly understandable, as for years it was the standard for soundbar connections, and many TVs still feature an optical port. However, technology has moved on. Now that streaming…
The 2026 Oscar nominations have been announced. The Best Picture nominees include big studio hits (One Battle After Another, F1), prestige dramas (Hamnet, Train Dreams, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent), and genre movies (Bugonia, Frankenstein, Sinners). If I had to guess, I’d say One Battle After Another will take home the gold, which is fair: it was an important movie for Hollywood. And I’m all but certain that none of the genre movies will take it, since the Academy has long been reluctant to give the Best Picture award to anything in the sci-fi, fantasy, or horror genres.…
Retro revivals are often overblown. Breathless headlines insist vinyl sales are up eleventy billion per cent, yet quietly avoid admitting that the actual numbers are a rounding error compared to the format’s peak. Yet it’s not just ageing nostalgics supergluing rose-tinted glasses to their faces and claiming everything peaked in 1989. Increasingly, Gen Z is getting into retro media and hardware – and there are good reasons for that. That generation grew up during a monumental shift in how home media was consumed. Convenience won at the expense of ownership. Today’s media landscape trends towards on-demand everything but you often…
Most folks choose to buy an incredible Amazon Fire TV Stick to watch their favorite shows and movies on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and the ever-better HBO Max. When loaded with the right tools, however, the device can become even more useful and exciting. Here are eight hidden gems on your Fire TV Stick that can quietly reshape how you watch and interact with your entire living room screen. Better still, neither of these solutions requires the often-difficult side-loading process. Related How I Customize My Fire TV Stick Backgrounds It only takes a moment, and it brings some much-needed personality…